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I’m starting to wonder whether the order came from the top, Stewy and that wanted him off the wage bill or something...

I think Parky needed a scapegoat (has form for it iirc). Our form was abysmal and our performances were worse. Out of every cup against worse opposition and down to 14th. McGeady doesn't like losing so wouldn't have been happy with that. Helps he's the highest earner as well. Tell everyone he bullies kids and let him train with the kids until he's shifted. Thankfully it didn't work out that way.
 
He’s such a frustrating player at times though.
His ability cannot be questioned, but sometimes he needs to release the ball earlier and not give the ball away.
He should piss this league, but the lad clearly needs to be loved and happy in his game.
 
I think Parky needed a scapegoat (has form for it iirc). Our form was abysmal and our performances were worse. Out of every cup against worse opposition and down to 14th. McGeady doesn't like losing so wouldn't have been happy with that. Helps he's the highest earner as well. Tell everyone he bullies kids and let him train with the kids until he's shifted. Thankfully it didn't work out that way.

I like McGeady, he is undoubtedly the most skilful player we have. If I picked the team he'd be in more than 9 times out of 10. But ...

When PP arrived in his first 7 games we won 2, 1 drew, and suffered 4 defeats). 1 point per game - near relegation form. This was when when McGeady was in the fold playing most games. After the Gillingham match on Dec 7 Geads fell out of favour. Fast forward another couple of games, and I was screaming for PP to be sacked. So were many others.

Then the turning point. Next 12 games Dec 29-Feb 22: 9 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss. 29 points out of 36. That's 2.42 PPG!!! Equivalent to 111 points over a season. It was our best form over a sustained period in L1, at no point did Ross (or LJ) do better over 12 games. And we did this ... without Aiden McGeady.

It's wrong to conclude from team stats that the presence or absence of any one player was the reason for good/bad results. It's always more complicated. But it is an indisputable fact that, since we have been in L1 we have played our most effective footie without him. Looks like he just didn't fit PP's setup. And whatever, no player deserves to be ostracised like Aidan was, simply because he doesn't fit the manager's way.
 
He did slow down play though. He's come back more motivated and more willing to play more of a team role. He wouldn't have made the extra effort for that fourth goal under Ross or Parkinson. Fair play to him, because I didn't think he would be capable of a performance like yesterday.

I don't think he slowed down play at all. I think if anything the players around him weren't on the same wavelength.
 
Really good Game yesterday no doubt about that. He had the space down the flanks and really drove into it.
Some great crosses into the box and some of the touches and and skills around the pitch were excellent a few times you just had to applaud and laugh.
The big difference yesterday for me was that we moved with pace throughout the team and Mcgeady didn’t overplay the ball which he can be guilty of. Great display, great team performance and move on. Let’s not pretend we beat the world.
 
I slated him for the first half against Shrewsbury and was quite happy for parkinson to ship him out for the good of the team.

Seems to me the highs are high and the lows are low. If he can play a part in a team which he mostly has under Johnson then great.

I'm not sure the of the difference it would make over a season if you played mcgeady every game or diamond, be far better of financially mind.

As much as I like Diamond, you wouldn't get 4 assists from him in a game, that's not to say it won't come but he's no where near McGeady's level, still young and a long career ahead of him however.

As a fan that wants to watch entertaining players, I'm not considering what he's being paid, if the club can afford his salary, great.
 
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